While hiking and exploring the woods, we discovered an old pioneer cemetary dating back to the 1700s. The graveyard has tombs of two families that lived in the Appalachian mountains from 1787 to 1943. We take the kids on a homeschool field trip to imagin...

We have a broody cochin hen who wants to hatch out some eggs! We give her 8 Silver Gray Dorking eggs to hatch and take you along as we show you how to build a broody chicken coop. Will they hatch? Follow us homesteaders on our off grid farming journey! ...

We are training our KuneKune pigs to electric HogNet from Premier 1 Supplies. We show you how we set the electric fence, how to set up the Intellishock 60 solar energizer, and how the pigs react to the electric netting. This will help us effectively past...

Two dangerous widow makers are crisscrossed together and need to be cut down and turned into firewood for the wood stove. Jeremy isn't a logger, but shows you how he safely lowers the widow maker trees and bucks them into firewood on our off grid property...

An opportunity came up to raise some kunekune pigs. We don't have a barn, fencing or pasture and our priority is building a house on our new off grid farm; but this could be a chance to learn about raising pigs. What would you do?
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How is the refrigerator working outside on the porch? Did our outdoor pantry freeze over the winter? Does Jeremy's hillbilly solar collector work? Find out in this off grid living update...
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We show you step-by-step HOW TO PRESSURE CAN ROAST BEEF as well as other meat such as venison and bear using the All American 921 Pressure Canner. Canned meats are an excellent addition to a long term food pantry and taste absolutely amazing!
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As part of a collaboration called "Why We Do What We Do", we were asked to do a video answering some questions about our YouTube channel. Find out what we have to say as we tour part of our property we haven't shown in previous videos.
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We bought a 25-Ton Dirty Hand Tools Log Splitter to help us cut firewood for our wood stove. We unbox the splitter and test it for the first time.
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We moved from a 1 acre suburban homestead to off grid living a little over 2 months ago. Here we discuss some of our biggest challenges in moving to an off grid property. We also discuss how we plan to address some of those challenges.
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We moved from a 1 acre suburban homestead to 20 acres off grid 2 months ago. We talk about the 5 ways our life is BETTER living OFF GRID.
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Extreme temperatures the last couple of weeks left us with a broken pressure tank and no running water for over 12 days. With more freezing temps on the way, we attempt to makeshift a passive solar heater for our off-grid pressure tank. Hillbilly engine...

We visit HERITAGE HILLS Farm in NC for some advice from veteran farmer Amy Barr. We get some tips on livestock, fencing, barns and predator control. We also learn a bit about her home business making goat milk soap, lotion, and salves and she even offers...

Ok Guildbrook Farm...so you just moved OFF GRID, when are you going to build your house? When are you going to get livestock? What are your homesteading plans for 2018? Watch and see...!
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After some severe weather left us with no running water for over 12 days, we finally found the cause of our problem. You just may be surprised what it was and how we solved it...
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Living off the grid can be rough at times! We have been without running water for 4 days which means we need to improvise with bathing and laundry! We hauled water from our natural springs and we show you how we take a bucket bath and do bucket laundry w...

A Bomb Cyclone is on it's way and that is bad news for our already frozen pipes. We show you what we are doing for water and we attempt to find a solution to our frozen water pipes.
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Record breaking winter temperatures have resulted in frozen water pipes. Water is essential to living off grid for drinking, cooking, and cleaning. Is there a solution?
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One of our videos made the TOP 10 HOMESTEADING VIDEOS of 2017! See which videos made the Top 10 along with us and who made #1!
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We answer some of YOUR questions about our last video such as why we keep a rooster, our philosophy on raising chickens, why hen saddles, and more.
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Our chickens started getting some bare spots on their backs due to aggressive mating by our rooster. To protect their backs, we got them over the wing hen saddles (also called hen aprons). Watch as we attempt to put them on and see what the chickens think...

One of our biggest challenges in moving off grid and into a tiny house was where to store all of our stuff. There were many solutions, but only one solution worked best for our situation. Find out why we chose a shipping container and how we got our conta...